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This Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Health

Alqahtani's ambitious proposal-inspired, in part, by personal experience with the stressors of the pandemic-won her a behavioral science award in this year's Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, an annual competition for ninth through twelfth graders administered by the Society for Science in Washington, D.C. Her prototype aims to address the problems of stigma and inaccessibility that, psychologists say, present substantial roadblocks to teens getting mental health care.

gamesDave EngDecember 22, 2021Games and competition, innovation for good, innovations, mental illness, middle east, psychology, scientific innovation, teens, video games, newsComment

Teaching Middle Eastern History Through Games

Isn't Middle Eastern history too serious for games? The word itself carries associations like "The Great Game," a euphemism for the British and Russian confrontation in Central Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even today, military conflicts are sometimes likened to chess, and succession struggles in states like Saudi Arabia are called a "Game of thrones." Comparing wars to a recreational activity or children's play easily hides more than it illuminates.

games-based learningDave EngNovember 2, 2021games, students, history, kahoot, quizzes, middle eastComment